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J CHAPTER XXIX.
Jailbird.
' The period of reatraint In durance
rrile suffered by one Thomas Barcus
la oonseQuence of conduct riotous, unseemly,
and In general prejudiced to
the public peace of tlm New Bedford
waterfront at half-p'aet four In the
morning, proved In the upshot far
more brief than had been fondly
hoped, not only by his just Judge, but,
alncrtilnrlv pnnnirh hv tho miaHomnon.
ant himself.
Taking everything gravely into consideration,
including a person anything
but prepossessing, the judge ]
reckoned that, in default of a fine of
one hundred dollars, a ten-day layup >
for repairs and repentance was not too j
much to mete out to the prisoner at
the bar.
He was sentenced at 10 a. m. and it !
was littlo short of 10 p. m. when his |
post-prandial repose was disturbed by
the rattle of a key in the lock of the ;
door to his cell.
Sitting up, Mr. Marcus rubbed his
eyes and combed his hair with his fingers.
"What did 1 tell you?" he observed
resignedly. "It begins again already
?
Conducted with every evidence of
disesteem on the part of hiB jailers to
the office of the warden, he was acquainted
with the fact that his fine
had been paid by no one less than the
judge himself: then present in portly
and solicitous person.
"If only you had told me you were
a friend of Mr. Digby's." the judge
hastened to say a? soon as the two
were ensconsed in the privacy of the
judicial limousine. "1 would have
known better how to guide myself in
una uuioriunaie nuair.
"And if you will bo pood enough to
Indicate how else I may serve you
. . .?"
"Dlgby didn't of! r nny suggestions
in his wire, I gnthei" '
"One inoin< nt 1 avo it. h- ve."
"Naturally I'd 1; a 1 th and a
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ably in jail In your j ;1 ii<ii.: . riot- .
lpg on waterfront tills mori.tn Pay
Ida lino and instruct hi t to r port to ,
nio in Now York at earliest feasible 1
hour. ' .Give him all the money he I
wdnts and look to me lor reniunera-1
tion?'"
"Eh?" Barrue Interrupted, sttting up
smartly; "what's that last again?"
Patiently the Judge repeated the
sentence from the message.
"Thanks. Please don't read farther.
You might come to something that
would spoil it. It's almost too beautiful
as it stands," Barcus observed.
"Law owes me Ave thousand or so
liquidated damages?but I'll be reasonable.
Frisk this burg for a fifth of
that sum before train time?and I
promise to ask nothing more!"
Ills private comment was: "I've suspected
that this was a fairy-tale all
along. Now I know it is!"
And this phase of Incredulity persisted
in coloring the complexion of
his mind until, the moment, some !
hours later, when the train connecting
at Providence with the Midnight Express
for New York pulled out of New
Bedford bearing a transformed Barcus
^ ?almost Impenetrably disguised In a
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wsmamzM
The Hydroaeroplane la Forced to
Land.
bath, a shave and a haircut, an outfit
of clothing orglnally tailored for a gentletnan
of discriminating taste, but no
whit less disguised in the sense of affluence
that goes with the possession
of one thousand dollars in cash.
Not until a sound night's sleep had
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topped oft the beginning of his rect in
Jail did H&rcus come down to earth.
He demonstrated his return to comx&on
sense by making a round breakfast
in Grand Central station before
looking up the residence of Digby in
the telephone directory.
The information he gathered from
the voice that answered the name of
Mr. Digby over the telephone shook
only momentarily Harcus' innate conviction
that intimate acquaintance
with battle, murder and Budden death
was the inevitable reward of association
with this friend of his heart.
"Aian being married to Hose Trine
in Jersey City at this very minute!"
be breathed skeptically as he emerged
from the booth memorizing the nd
dress of the alleged officiating clergy
..leu, i mm l ocneve 11; 11a io.? suu |
den."
Forthwith ho engaged a taxicab to
convey him to Jersey City, at top
speed, for an exorbitant reward.
And when, from the forward deck of
a ferryboat, lie beheld a dense volume
of smoke advertising a conflagration
on the Jersey shore, not far from the
waterfront, he shook a moodily ea- j
gacious head.
"If Alan isn't mixed up in that. '
somehow," he declared, "he's missing
a bet for once?and I'm a sorry failure 1
as a prophet of woe and disaster!"
Thefo was as much Intuitive apprehension
as humor responsible for this
remark; witness the fact that, on land- 1
nig, he risked the delay required to 1
turn aelde and have a look at .the Are. 1
It proved to be situated in the heart
of a squalid slum?a wretched tenement
of the poorest class, whose roof 1
had already fallen in and whose walls
were momentarily threatening to go '
by tho time Marcus arrived on tho
scene.
At a considerable distance from him
a small disturbance had broken out?
a clamor of protesting voices lifting
about the rumor of t! mob?as a
mber of me.i cm< hanion d r ughs
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Marcus.
At the same time, at the point w here 1
the V had paused, a wild uproar lifted
up and, coincidentally, a wilder confusion
became noticeable. A cry was ?
audible?"FireL g! Lynch him! Lynch
him! f.vni'h Mm flr.ihnirl"- .....1 .? 1
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thiH the mob turned as one man and
streamed away in pursuit of an invisible
quarry, who chose to attempt
his escape by a route directly opposite
to that which would have led him
within view of Mr. Barcus.
Startled, and of a sudden persuaded
that there might have been more in
his "hunch" than was sanely to be
credited, Barcus started up and was
on the point of stepping out of his
cab, if with a rather aimless purpose,
when he was stayed by eight of that
evil white face returning the way it
had come?still in the hollow of the
flying V, which now made faster prog
ress, thanks to the disorganization of
the mob by the chase of the alleged in
cendiary.
And now, Barcus saw, the man ot
the white face was not alone. There
was someone with him?someone
whose head was bent and face concealed,
but who seemed to be feminine.
And so, Barcus argued, why might
it not be Rose Trine, suffering newpersecution
at the hands of her unnatural
father's creatures?
He was too far away to make sure
and attempt any interference; but he
pointed White Face out to his chauffeur
as the V reached a touring car
on the edge of the mob and the woman
was lifted In (unresisting and appar- '
ently in a dead faint), and when the
touring car swung round and picked
up its heels, the taxlcab of Mr. Barcus
trailed it as unostentatiously as If it
was a pertinacious shadow.
Ten minutes later, from the rear
deck of a ferryboat in midstream?a
boat bearing back to New York not
only the touring car of White Face, i
but the cab of Mr. Barcus?the latter h
gentleman formed one of a small hut c
interested audience witnessing an in- t
cident of uncommon character. tl
He saw a young man, hatless, coat- t<
less, almost shirtless, tear down to *
the edge of one of the Jersey wharves.
his heels snapped at by a ravening d
rabble, jump aboard a square-rigged
vessel which lay moored there, and
execute a maneuver ->pt despair by
climbing up the rigging in a hopeless cj
attempt to escape his persecutors. P
They were too many for him, and w hat h
was worse they wero headed by a
squad of police apparently as grimly c1
bent on compassing the destruction oi A
their quarry as was the mob. < tl
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And they Bwariped up the rigging
ifter htm without a moment's,hesitation.
Hotly pressed, the fugitive climbed
higher and still higher, until at length
he gained the topmost yard; with
three policemen not half a dozen feet
below him and popping away for dear
Itfn if hnnntlv with tho nntnrlnimlv
poor marksmanship of policeman genarally.
None the less, there was no telling
*hen some accident might wing a bullet
Into the young man; and It was
wldent that he so decided.
For, Inching out to the end of the
rard, he waved his hand toward his
persecutors with a gesture of lightlearted
derision that unmistakably
dentifled him as Alan Law to Mr. Bar:us,
and forthwith dropped to the water,
feet foremost.
Alan later took the water neatly,
:ame up uninjured and clearheaded,
ind without an instant's hesitation
struck away toward the middle of the
Hudson.
As this happened the police ran to
the stern of tho square-rigger, unmoored
a dory that was riding ti re,
utd threw themselves into it.
During the (to Harcus, at least)
breathless suspense of that chase, tho
ferryboat drew stolidly farther and
*till farther away from the scene. Barjus
could not tell whether, as it
seemed, the pollce-iuden dory was real
! overhauling Alan, or - ln-th< r the
illu ion of perspective deceived him.
At all events, it seemed a frightfully
r.our thins? when the interruption he
loll which alone could have saved
Alan.
Out of the very sky dropped a hydroaeroplane,
cutting the water with a
long, graceful curve that brought it.
almost at a standstill, directly to the
head of the swimmer, and at the same
time forced the police boat to sheer
widely off in order to escape collision.
Immediately the swimmer caught
the pontoon of the hydroaeroplane,
pulled himself up out of the water,
and clambered to the seat beside the
aviator.
Before he was fairly seated the plane
was swinging back into its fastest
pace.
With the ease of a wild goose It left
the water, mounted the long grade of
an illr lane, described a wide circle
above the bluffs of Weehawken, and
swept away southward.
In that quarter it was presently lost
'o the m;;' I of Mr. Ttarou:-, t ngulfi d in
II I t folds o! Into that wro or "pin :
cl -rk with the rut "r t m ty
umcdout . t ki 'vu to " m rn Mr.
\rthur Lawrence end to th man. <:
n ut ? ' the hotel Mr. Alan Law inwgnilo.
Kvcntually persuaded, the clerk
ridded up the key to Mr. Lawrence's
mite of rooms, together with two
lotes superscribed with the same nom
le guerre.
Alan's impatience was so great that
te could hardly wait to examine these
iommunications until he was quit of
he public eye.
The first proved to be a characterstic
communication:
"Dear Ulysses?Thanks for the Jail
lelivery. 1 got in this morning Just In
ime to motor over to Jersey In hopes
>f seeing your finish as a bachelor;
nstead, I was favored by being made
in involuntary witness to your specacular
ascent, following your almost
qually spectacular high-dive.
"But to business: my time is United:
In half an hour more T nm tn
loiible in black-face for the purposes
>f the author of this melodramatic
arce which you, no doubt, call the
ilstory of your grande passion.
"1 mean to say?well, several things,
o-wit: When I saw you snatched out
>f the North river I was engaged in
railing a pale-faced villain in a motorcar
concerning whom you probably
mow far more than I; he on his part
vas busy being a bold, bad kidnaper;
lose was in his power, as we say in
uch cases. His intentions, however. !
vere nothing more blameworthy than
o return her to the arms of her doting
?arent. I know, because I sleuthed
,fter 'em, even to the house of Seneca
Trine. Later I sleuthed some more, 1
ollowlng a furtive young man from :
he house of Trine to the office of the
;eneral manager of the New York Cen- '
ral, where he made arrangements for 1
, special to convey the said Trine and
etlnue to Chicago and points West,
t leaves at three this afternoon. I
fas unable to ascertain whether or
lot Rose is to participate in this
eglra, but I know I shall. On the offhance
of being useful, 1 have bribed i
he train crew to let me impersonate
he porter. So, should you be moved
3 follow and succeed In catching up
rith us. and observe anybody who
>oks rather off-color In the nsrtv? i
on't shoot: the said party will be me.
"Yours for the quiet life,
"TOM BARCU8."
The second note yielded a communiatlon
written on notepaper of the aimlest
elegance in a woman's hand?a
urrSed scrawl:
"They are taking me West by spclal
train- -! don't know where or why.;
i servant has promised to see that j
lis reaches you. Bave me I"
* DIX KMBKI? 22 15)14.
Overmis Alan wrinkled an increduiousmose,
Tlve-Jiiirul- was-tbe luiutl df
Rose, but the phraseology was not In
herenirlt. He examined it more closoly
and thought to detect beneath its
semblance of haste a deliberate and
carefully guided pen. He picked up
the envelope to compare the handwriting
of the address with that of the enclosure?and
shook out a trey of
hearts.
This laBt was covered, as to Kb face,
with a plainly-written message.
"With the compliments of Seneca
Trine to Alan Law. We are due in
Chicago at eleven tomorrow morning
and leave immediately for the Pacific
coast via Santa Fe route."
Comparison between this and the
message purporting to be from Rose
distilled the conviction that the same
hand was responsible for both.
Alan shrugged. So he was to be
lured away from New York and Rose
: by this transparent trick, was he? No
i fear!
He glanced at his watch, finding the
hour far too early to attempt what he
! had in mind.
With plenty of time on his hands,
he gave the matter serious consideration
and concluded to take no chances:
it was just possible that Trine had
i taken Rose with him on his western
trip, after all. In such case the only
possible way of overtaking the special
i would be by air line.
Promptly Alan called up the avia|
tion Holds at Hempstead Plains and
got into communication with a gentleman
answering to tho surname of
Coast: the same birdman who had
come to Alan's rescuo with his hydroaeroplane.
Their arrangements were quickly
consummated, Coast agreeing to wait
for Alan with his biplnue in Van CortInndt
park from midnight till daybreak,
prepared if need be to undertako a
transcontinental flight.
Thereafter Mr. Law proceeded to rehabilitate
himself in decent clothing
' and his own esteem; after bathing, he
dined alone in his rooms, from a tray;
after dining he slept eoundly for three ,
hours?and may be thought to have
earned at least that much rest through > i
having been for four hours a passenger
in a hydroaeroplane lost in fogs [ (
that wrapped Long Island and all the
adjacent territory in an impenetrable
shroud.
Nor had this been all. Leaving aside
! all that had led up to Alan's rescue by
Coast: the forced landing of the hydroaeroplane
for lack of fuel had taken
i < on tl e south shore cf the (I; at
i' irh b. > ti ire-1 of h urs had 11dows
and b.o tmnt.
In tlu m-iaricus bii; inesa uuthin-, i
hinder* <1 and none opposed him. Hut
for a single lighted window in the upper
tier (but not, he noted, the window
to Hose's bedchamber) and one or two
lights which he found burning dim in
; the kitchen offices and other servants'
quarters on the lower tloor he would | (
i have thought the house empty. The >
| silence of an abandoned place ini
formed it all?below the upper story. .
I Hut he was not to be satisfied with '
such negative evidence: be explored
the dwelling minutely, room by room,
story by story, passing with little ini
terest through apartments by every
sign dedicated to the tendency of his
, mortal enemy, intent on one object j
j only?to find Rose Trine, that one i
woman whom he loved, or else make i
sure she was not there.
I
He negotiated that last flight of
steps which led to the topmost floor
with extraordinary stealth, advised
thereto by a sound, or rather a ser'es
of sustained sounds, which had there- I
tofore been inaudible to him. Possibly
they had not till then existed; possibly
the man servant whom he found snon
lng In a chair outside ? closed door
had not fallen asleep and begun to
snore until the moment when Alan set
foot upon the lower step of that final
ascent.
Turning the head of the stairs,
Alan paused for a little, speculatively
intent on this man who must somehow
be disposed of before he might solve
the eecret of that shut and guarded
door.
Aside from actual violence no solution
offered to the puzzle?and violence
was abruptly forced upon hiin.
nu buuiiu wurneu mm ot tne door l
that opened at his back as he stood
watching the sleeping guard. A pierc- j
ing shriek was the first intimation he
received that his presence had been |
discovered. It served as well to move ,
him instantly into action: a single j
glance overshoulder showed him the
figure of a maid-servant in cap and
gown, her mouth still wide and full of
sound?and Alan fell upon the guard
like a thunderbolt. The man had
barely time to jump up and recognize ;
the alarm: then a fist caught him on j
the point of his jaw, and he returned j
promptly to deep unconsciousness.
No time how for qualms of com*1
punctlon on account of the savage
nithlessness of that blow: no time.
wu iu Dcaitu nit} itjnuw ior a Key toil
the closed door: already the matd waa I
taking the stairs in full flight and cry, l|
four steps and a howl like a warlock's I
to every jump. [I
Backing off, Alan took a short run, *
clo .red the prostrate body of the guurd
with a leap, und flung himself full ...
force against the door, his shoulder |
striking a point nearest the lock. With
u splintering crash it uroke inward.
Without dignity or decorum he
sprawled on all fours into the presence
of Judith Trine.
"Poor Mr. Law!" she cried, with a ^
mocking nod, "always disappointed! 1
I'm so sorry?truly I am!" S
"Oh, spare me your sarcu*m," he
begged resentfully. "It's ridiculous C
enough, this whole mad business?" S
"But I am not sarcastic," she insist- P
ed with such sincerity that he opened u
his eyes in wonder. "Believe me, I B
am sorry for once it 1b I and not Rose n
whom you find locked up here! For, d
you eee. I am locked up, by way of ai
punishment?thanks to my having had c<
pity on you once too often?while my 01
father decamps mysteriously for parts
unknown?"
"You don't know where he's gone,
then?"
"Do you?" she asked sharply. ^
"In a general way. By special train
to the West?" "V
"Taking Rose?"
"So I'm told."
The woman choked upon her anger, '1
but quickly mastered it.
"lie shall pay for this!" she assever-'
atod.
"Your father? I wish him nothing!
more nor less than your enmity," -Man j 0
assured her civilly. "lint since it jt
:< ems that ho has gone, and Rose with I
him. if you'll forgive me, 1 think I'll 11
be going?" ;
"Alone?" ['
That one word, uttered with all the ,(
significance that this woman knew so
well how to infuse into her tone.
checked him suspiciously on the >
threshold. ot
"Why?yes." a1
"You wouldn't care for a companion
titi voyage?" she suggested.
"Oh?really!" he protested. n
She held up an arresting hand. "Lis- f,
ten!" she begged. ni
From the street below came the un- s{
mistakable rattle of a policeman's lo- et
cust on the sidewalk. di
"That damned maid;" Alan divined
thoughtfully. ^
"The same," Judith agreed with j
ominous calm. "Has It struck you that ^
you may have some trouble getting
away without my permission?"
'I'm not so stupid as tint to have
thought of that," lie countered.
"Then In- advised?and take n:
with you."
"In what cann it v. pi ?
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"(;i.< . i one niiraite to find my > . ,.f
iial Imt."
In loss than ttiai time she was at his* 1
side in the hallway.
The police entered by the front door
is the two crept out of tho area win- T
low. 1
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11 the District Court of the I nitetl
States for the District of S. C.
In the mutter of A. 11. Bobbins,?
Bankrupt.
To tlio llonnrnhlu II A At
udge of the District Court of the
United States for the District of
outh Carolina:
A. H. Bobbins of Lancaster, in the
ounty of Laucaster and State of
. C. in said District, respectrully reresents
that on the 9 day of Janury
last past he was duly adjudged
nnkrupt under the acts of Congress
dating to Bankruptcy; that he has
uly surrendered all his property
nd rights of property, and has fully
jmplied with all the requirements
f said acts and of the orders of the
ourt touching his Bankruptcy.
Wherefore, he prays the he may
e declared by the Court to have a
ill discharge from all debts provable
gainst his estate under the said
ankrupt Acts, except such debts as
re excepted by law from such dislarge.
Dated this 19 dav of November. A.
. 1014.
A II. RORRTNS
Rankrupt.
Oi'iloi' of N'otico Thorcon
District of P. C ss:
On this 25 day of Nov. A. TV 10 14.
i) rending tin1 foregoing petition.
Is?
Ordered by tho Court. Hint a
earing bo bad upon tin1 same on tlio
1st ?lny of December A. D. 1011. born1
said Court at Charleston S. C..
> said District, at 11 o'clock in the
ironoon, and that notice thereof bo
ublisbed in The Lancaster News,
newspaper printed in said District,
nd that all known creditors and
tlior persons in interest may appear
t the said time and place and show
wise, if any they have, why the
rayer of the said petitioner should
nt be granted.
And it is Further Ordered by the
ourt. that the Clerk shall send by
mil to all known creditors copies of
lid petition and this order, address1
to them, at their places of resience
as stated.
Witness the Honorable H. A. M.
mith. Judge of the said Court, and
te Seal thereof at Charleston. S. C.
i said District on the 25th of Nov.
D. 1914.
Richard W Hudson
Clcrl: U. S. D. C. S. C.
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